The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) released a strategy to control food-and-mouth (FMD) disease on a global scale. The announcement came during an international meeting in Ba
Parker Ranch, the largest producer of grass-fed ground beef in Hawaii, has agreed to a research trial that will study the development of a large-scale grass-fed beef operation on The Big Island, according to local media reports.
Cargill announced on June 26 that it will build a new facility in Bovina, Texas for various feed-product production including its Sweet Bran and RAMP specialty feeds. The facility will be located on an adjoining property to an existing Cargill Cattle Feed
CKE Restaurants Inc. reported a profit of $9.5 million in fiscal 2013 for the period ended May 21, compared to a $2.6 million loss in the same period in 2012. The company attributed the gains to strong sales at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.
ConAgra Mills has introduced HP, a new flour ConAgra said offers “unprecedented whole wheat baking advantages like vital wheat gluten reduction, higher absorption and improved mixing performance resulting in lower finished goods costs for bakeries.”
The Ministry for Primary Industries is reporting the discovery of a new group of orange roughy, and a southern blue whiting population that is at a historic high.
Vietnamese catfish exporters have been warned redirecting their produces to the US market is an unwise move as it may trigger new waves of anti-dumping lawsuits raised by local farmers, according to a recent conference.
Butter, turkey, fruit, vegetable and red meat stocks on May 31, 2012, were higher than year-earlier levels, but chicken and cheese stocks were lower, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s latest Cold Storage report.
A recent survey commissioned by Applegate Farms, a processor of “natural” and organic meat and cheese products, found that consumers want to know what’s in their hot dogs.
Ready-to-cook poultry weight during May 2012 increased 1 percent compared to May 2011, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Board (NASS).
Taiwanese delegates who traveled to the United States to conduct field inspections of beef facilities concluded that US beef ‘should be safe,’ but stopped short of fully endorsing the safety of US beef, “Focus Taiwan” reported.
The rapid spread of peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a virulent livestock disease of goats and sheep, is wreaking havoc in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
A former employee of Beef Products International (BPI) will file a civil lawsuit against a national broadcast company following the controversy over lean finely textured beef, or LFTB, according to news reports.
